Cassiope

Cassiope tetragona

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ericales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Ericaceae
Subfamilia: Cassiopoideae
Genus: Cassiope
Species: C. abbreviata – C. argyrotricha – C. ericoides – C. fastigiata – C. fujianensis – C. hypnoides – C. lycopodioides – C. membranifolia – C. mertensiana – C. myosuroides – C. nana – C. palpebrata – C. pectinata – C. redowskii – C. selaginoides – C. stelleriana – C. tetragona – C. wardii
Nothospecies: C. × anadyrensis

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cassiope in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 May 22. Reference page.

Name

Cassiope D.Don (1834)

• Type species: C. tetragona (L.) D.Don

References

Primary references

• Don, D. 1834. Edinburgh New Philos. J. 17: 157.

Additional references

• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Cassiope in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2011 Nov 23.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2020. Cassiope. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi, J., Penev L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Apr 21.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cassiope in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Apr 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Cassiope. Published online. Accessed Apr 21 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Cassiope . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Apr 21.

Vernacular names

čeština: Kasiope
dansk: Kantlyng-slægten
Deutsch: Schuppenheiden
English: Mountain Heather
suomi: Varpiot
日本語: イワヒゲ属
norsk nynorsk: Kantlyngslekta
русский: Кассиопея
svenska: Kantljungssläktet
中文: 锦绦花属

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